I'm heading to bed.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Oct 08, 2013 5:42:39 pm PDT #8393 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
lisah - Oct 08, 2013 6:04:58 pm PDT #8394 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
So, because my neighborhood is awesome, there is one store that is collecting housewares for my friend whose house burned down, another store is collecting clothing for her, her husband and their two kids, and another is collecting toiletries and makeup. And someone else is talking about starting a book drive. It's really pretty amazing.
My meeting with my grandboss was fine, nothing concrete came out of it but she gave me some avenues to explore. I hope I can figure out how to follow through and not be in a position next spring where I'm feeling super stuck in a rut.
Kat - Oct 08, 2013 6:09:06 pm PDT #8395 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Glad the meeting was good, even if it didn't produce an immediate result.
I have 8556 loads of laundry to fold. And the damn dog is shedding like a fiend. He's outside and I don't want to let him in because fur everywhere but he won't stop barking.
GROWL.
In other news, I have a bad attack of the grumpies.
sarameg - Oct 08, 2013 6:17:17 pm PDT #8396 of 30000
I love how that all came together and how the merchants focused on their strengths (and unwittingly hit all the thoughts I had the other night! But organized!) It's community. One of my carrots moments is that I have community (not a Hampdenite, an Ednor Gardenia...long story.) And that's the best thing that's happened to me in the last decade. Never knew how important to me it was until I found it.
Burrell - Oct 08, 2013 6:58:10 pm PDT #8397 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Arrgh! They had to stop her chemo again! The nurse had just begun the infusion (literally, as in, the orange dye hadn't even entered her PICC line yet, so only trace amounts of the chemo must have been in her system) when she went beet red and got disoriented and then said her chest felt tight. Ai yi yi!
So stopped the treatment and began running tests. If we are lucky, they will decide it wasn't the treatment, it was the tumor that caused the problem and they'll restart it tomorrow or the next day.
Maria - Oct 08, 2013 7:02:26 pm PDT #8398 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Burrell, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how frustrating and scary this is for all of you.
Cass - Oct 08, 2013 7:10:23 pm PDT #8399 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, Burrell, how scary and frustrating.
le nubian - Oct 08, 2013 7:21:39 pm PDT #8400 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
What Cass said. Goodness.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2013 7:37:27 pm PDT #8401 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Y'all need some straightforwardness, man! Now! I mandate it, with my medical powers!
Burrell - Oct 08, 2013 8:01:34 pm PDT #8402 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yes, frustrating and scary is exactly right. Thanks for letting me vent here.